Columbia University in the City of New York

Security & Privacy

Professor Sal Stolfo’s Allure Security Closed A $10 million Series A Funding Round

The startup develops cybersecurity software tools based on technology from The Intrusion Detection Systems Group.

CertiK, a Web3 Security Company, Doubles Its Valuation to $2 Billion in Just 3 Months

Assistant Professor Ronghui Gu's blockchain security firm CertiK is considered a unicorn company.

Computer Security Pioneer Steve Bellovin First to Win Two USENIX Flame Awards

Bellovin shares his second lifetime award with Tufts’ Susan Landau and Georgetown’s Matt Blaze for their work on computer science, computer security, law, and public policy.

About

The security group works on a diverse set of security and privacy issues arising across the software/hardware stack.

The key research goal of the group is to design, develop, and deploy principled solutions for improving the security and privacy aspects of computer systems.

The group has a broad set of expertise ranging from systems security to designing privacy policies. It is a highly collaborative group and most of their students are co-advised by multiple faculty members.